KALAMAZOO, MI — Some of the top young basketball recruits in the Midwest will be on display in Kalamazoo this upcoming weekend.

Beginning Saturday, June 7 at Kalamazoo College, more than 80 players in the 2017 and 2018 graduating classes will be participating in the 6 Deep Elite basketball camp.

John Curtis, the head coach of the Gobles’ girls basketball team and director of the camp, said he’s excited to bring the event to the Kalamazoo area.

“I’ve been going around the high school scene and the AAU scene and I’ve invited about 130 of the best 2017 and 2018 basketball players,” Curtis said. “If you want to see great basketball and some high-level kids that are going to be on the high school scene, it’s the place to be in Kalamazoo.”

The camp is open to the public with a $5 admission charge.

The first day of the camp features about two to three hours of position-specific drills in the morning before splitting the players into teams of 10 for multiple games in the afternoon.

Curtis said the goal of the camp is to provide younger players with a quality experience that will benefit them throughout their career.

“I’m a basketball junkie and I’ve been following the AAU scene for years and I’ve always watched these kids grow up and go off to college,” Curtis said. ‘There’s a lot of upperclassmen elite camps around the Midwest and I noticed there isn’t a lot of elite camps for the younger kids.”

Many of the players attending the camp are from Michigan, including Kalamazoo Central’s Isaiah Livers and Forest Hills Central’s Xavier Tillman. Other Midwest states, including Indiana, Illinois and Ohio are also represented.

“The list goes on and on,” Curtis said. “It’s an invitation only camp so you had to have been seen by me and invited by me.”